DFO find’s non native shrimp along the shores of Newfoundland’s west coast.

For the second time this year, DFO scientists have discovered a new species in the province’s coastal waters. Baltic shrimp have now found a permanent home in Newfoundland. Specimens have been identified from the Magdalen Islands to York Harbour. “Despite regulation, ballast water controls and for transportation and that kind of stuff coming from other countries, things are slipping through the cracks,” he said. In December, DFO scientists discovered a new species of razor clam based on samples collected,,, Read the rest here 07:33

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here